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200 / JAIN STUDIES AND SCIENCE
AILMENTS & PREKSHA CURES
Preksha - As the name suggests, it is an art of projecting our mental energies to a specific organ - just like launching a space craft where the concentrated energy is released to achieve enough momentum to break the gravitational barrier. Preksha can also be well understood by the analogy of bow and arrow, where first, the entire energy is collected and concentrated in the string of the bow, attention is pivoted on the aim and then the arrow released. In Preksha meditation Mahapragya teaches to concentrate our thoughts and mental energy in such a manner that the desired organs of our nervous systems can be addressed and necessary chemical changes can be induced with curative results. We shall analyze a few medical conditions in this context
1. Heart Ailments 2. High Blood Pressure 3. Asthma 4. GI Diseases 5. Mental Disorders and Depression
1. Heart Ailments
The heart is one of the most complex pressuré pump ever designed. It is centre of our cardio-vascular system. It beats consistently about 70 times a minute adding to 2,400 million beats in an average lifetime. It pumps 5-30 litres of blood every minute depending upon the physical activity.
The heart is the main force behind the entire blood flow mechanism of the body. It has two main networks attached to it. The first network called as systemic circulation, consists of arteries and veins, in which the oxygen rich blood is sent to the organs and tissues by arteries and the deoxygenated blood is received back through veins. In the second network, called pulmonary circulation, the deoxygenated blood is sent to the lungs by pulmonary artery for cleansing and the release of carbon-dioxide. The oxygenated blood is returned back to heart by the lungs through pulmonary veins. These two networks form a complex junction at the heart. The exchange of pure and impure bloods is regulated in various heart chambers, which in turn are interconnected by multifunctional valves.
Because heart plays a pivotal role in the activities of cardio-vascular system, any disorder can have wide ranging effects on one's health. At times its
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